Railway-rail joint



T. O. GRAY. RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

No. 595,163. Patented Dec. 7, 1897.

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Attorney.

Unrinn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TILMANCAPEIIART GRAY, OF GRAYRIDGE, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-RAIL. JOINT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 595,163, dated December '7', 1897. Application filed September 18, 1897. Serial No. 652,162. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, TILMAN OAPEHART GRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grayridge, in the county of Stoddard and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-rails, and particularly to a railway-rail joint; and the object of the invention is to provide a joint of new and improved construction and arrangement of parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a joint having interlocking portions and a spring device for securing said portions together.

The invention consists in the novel and peculiar arrangement and construction of parts, as will be more fully described and set up in the specification and claim to follow.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective of the rails joined together. Fig. 2 is a top perspective of the end of one rail. Fig. 3 is a top perspective of the end of the other rail. Fig. 4: is a section on line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section on line Z) Z), Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a section on line 0 c, Fig. 1.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The ordinary railway-rail has its ends e11- larged or broadened out transversely upon the outside of the rail. The top and bottom flanges 1 and 2, respectively, of the rails are extended throughout the said enlargement. The outside surface of the rails is of the ordinary form of construction. The surfaces of the enlargements are curved and are provided with bolts 3 and nuts 1. The spring-plate 5 is slightly curved, or it may be substantially straight, with bolt-holes at each end, for the purpose of being sprung over the curve or arch 6, from one bolt to the other and secured in place by nuts 4, which will necessarily cause a spring tendency on the nuts and prevent them from being displaced. This plate, together with the plate 7 upon the opposite side of the joint, forms a perfectly rigid tie of the rail ends.

The rail ends are made to interlock by the following construction: The end of the rail 8 has a rectangular cut-out 9. Contiguous with the forward end of the said cut-out is formed a lug 10, the top of the latter being below the top surface of the said rail. The top of this rail is cut away Vertically and transversely to form abottom extension or stem 11. The ends of the rail 12 are similarly cut away to form a top arm 13, having a slot 14 and an end lug 15, and the bottom of this rail has a cut-out 16, thus forming the interlocking portions of the rails.

In joining the rails the end of the rail 12 is placed above the end of the rail 8 and the lug 15 pushed into the cut-out 9, the lug 10 into the slot 14, and the stem 11 seated in the cutout 16. Thus the enlargements or rail ends are interlocked. Then the placers and bolts are secured in place, as hereinbefore described.

It will be observed that a complete interlock is formed between the rails, producinga perfectly rigid joint.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with the interlocking rail ends having one side arched, of a spring-plate bowed over the arch and bearing upon the side joints of the said interlocking ends and the bolts and the nuts at the ends of said plate for securing the latter to the rails, as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMns B. CORLISS, S. P. TUNNEL. 

